Goal-keeper&#39;s guard



Nov. 1, 192 7.

E. O. KNISCHEWSKY GOAL KEEPER S GUARD Filed Dec. '7, 1925 Patented Nov, 1, 1927.

EMIL o'r'roj Kmsc EwsKY, or HAMILTON, ONTARIO, CANADA."

QOYAL-KEEPERQS GUA D.

. 'A'pplication area December 7, 1925. S rial No. 73,788

My invention relates to' improvements in goal keepers guards and the object of the invention is to provide'a more efficient guard than those hitherto used. 7

My invention consists essentially in a palr j ofguards so formed that when secured upon the wearers legs, each leg occupies a position with respect to its guard offset laterally inward from the centre line of the guard so that the portionof the guard projecting lat erally outward from the leg is greater than the portion projecting laterally inward, all

any invention. I g

F 1g. 2 1s a transverse section on the hne as hereinafter more particularly described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which the'right leg constructed in accordance with 22 of Fig.1.

In the drawings, like charactersof reference indicate corresponding parts .in'the different views. V g I I My -improved guard'comprises a heavily padded body portion 1 which is ribbed after the usual manner on its front face with upper and lower longitudinal ribs 2 and 3 and with transverse ribs 4 .at the knee.

,The body portion '1 is mounted upon a rear felt piece 5 and at the sides ofthe front face are auxiliary pads 6 and 7.

' Formed in the rear face of the guard 1s a longitudinal leg receiving depression 8 which depression is offset laterally inward from the centre line of the guard.

In the guard for the right leg, as illustrated,'this depression is offset towards the would be offset towards the right.

Straps for attaching the) guard inposi tionupon the leg are indicated by the numeral In using y guard it is placed against the leg so that the leg lies within the depression 8 and is secured in position by a number of The toe of the footprojects through the cutaway portion 10 at the bottom of the 1 The position occupied -by the leg is indi cated in broken lines at- 11 in Fig. 2.

From the foregoing description taken in I conjunction with the drawings, it will be V V seen that when the guard is secured inposi- Fig. l is a front view of the guard for tion the guard'extends laterally; outward at A to a greater extentthan it extends lat er'a'lly inward at B. v i I Only one guard, that for the rightleg, is-

illust'ratedbut the guard vthe left g is V v exactly similarexcept that the leg deprese.

centreline.

From the foregoing it will be apparent 'sion8 is offst towards theother side of the Q that I have devised a novel form ofgoal j keepers guard whereby the objects .of iny invention have been attained, j

VVhatI claim asiny invention is:

I goal keepefis'guard comprising a co n paratively thick padded body portion hav ing a vertically disposed leg'receiving ree cess sunk into the rear face thereof, said recess offset laterally towards one vertical edge of the guard so that the guard extends laterally to a greater extent on one side of therecess than on the other side.

EMIL OTTO KNi'scHEwsKr, V 

